Mounted police targeting rural crime

Police officers on horseback have recorded a successful few months in Surrey, snaring people breaking the law and
committing traffic offences.

More than £2,000 in fines have
been handed out and one suspect was eventually charged and later pleaded guilty
to offences against animals.

Surrey Police’s new mounted section is able to get across fields and rural roads better than cars, and horses have also
been out and about around the county to boost engagement with police.

Speaking at the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner’s performance meeting on Tuesday, Ch Con Gavin
Stephens said the horses were part of a drive to boost police presence in
villages and harder to reach areas around the county.

Two dedicated rural
and wildlife crime officers have been recruited and one PCSO per borough is
being trained in specialising in rural crime, the meeting heard.

Ch Con Stephens said the mounted section was
proving very popular at events and in communities.

He said: “This is not a mounted
section for public order. This is a mounted section that can do engagement
work, prevention work and some search capabilities."

Posted at12:5115 Aug

Hollywood team help clinicians with baby manikins

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A world-first
infant teaching tool has been developed by clinicians working with some of Hollywood's top model makers.

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has
worked with an Oscar winning team at Elstree Film Studios to create two
life-like baby manikins – one pre-term and one full-term – that will be used in
training and simulations.

The team at Lifecast Body Simulation worked on blockbusters including Saving Private Ryan, Kingsmen, and Beauty and the Beast.

The manikins are based on scans of a 29 and a 36 week-old baby, and have clicky hips to allow doctors to practice the newborn examination.

They also have compatible airways to practice resuscitation methods, tiny visible veins, and true-to-life skull and jaw movement.

Posted at11:2915 Aug

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Criminal cash pumped into police force

Cash seized from
criminal gangs and drug dealers is to be ploughed back into trying to tackle
County Lines problems across Surrey.

Over the last three
years Surrey Police has raked in more than £660,000 from
confiscation orders and cash seizures.

This is then ploughed
back into the force to pay for officers and support staff. It is hoped £50,000 from this year’s haul will help to
pay for a County Lines Co-ordinator – someone to tackle the movement and selling of drugs from across
county borders, a meeting heard.

Ch Con Gavin
Stephens praised the use of the funds – known as POCA funds (Proceeds of Crime Act).

Speaking at Surrey
Police and Crime Commissioner’s
performance meeting yesterday he said: “We have performed very
well in terms of money coming back into the force.”